I know I'm a bit late discussing the d23 news (because I haven't yet had a place to discuss my thoughts); but I want to talk about the 'blue sky' plans for animal kingdom'a dinoland. I hate dinoland. sure you can argue that 'it has a backstory' and that 'theres so much more than what meets the eye"; the backstory is shit and what meets the eye is tacky and cheap. It was one of Eisner's worst projects and you can really tell that it was underfunded. However, the plans for this area that were discussed at d23 were Moana and Zootopia. In my personal opinion, a Moana land would fit beautifully. The first thing that I think of is how great the music would fit into animal kingdom, and how seamlessly it would blend into the park. Zootopia on the other hand would be absolutely abhorrent. Animal kingdom is a park to relax in; enjoy the single rider queue for Everest and look at monkeys. Not to walk around a bustling city that's only there because the film they based it off had something to do with animals. This is exactly Disney's problem, they're too focused on using brands to attract customers that they miss out on quality or cohesion. What would Walt do? Probably something racist or sexist but not this. Personally, the only park that I think Zootopia would fit into would be Hollywood studios, because the theming of that park is already stretched and questionable at best(I still love it though). All I can hope is that with new management this lazy and unthought-out recreation will be scrapped or relocated; preferably scrapped. Thank you if you read this far <3
